Title:
車両周辺視認装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4606336
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A vehicle-periphery viewing apparatus comprises an imaging device, an electronic control unit, and a display device. The imaging device captures an image of a surrounding area of the vehicle and comprises a field of view larger in a horizontal direction than in a vertical direction. An electronic control unit comprises: a mask image storage section: and a photomontage section merging a video captured by the imaging device and the mask image read from the mask image storage section, to generate a merged video. The mask image comprises: an upper mask displayed along an upper side of the display screen; and a lower mask displayed along a lower side of the display screen; and an interval between the upper mask and the lower mask in a first direction, becomes narrower toward a center area and wider toward both ends in a second direction.
Inventors:
America
Application Number:
JP2006016216A
Publication Date:
January 05, 2011
Filing Date:
January 25, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Auto Network Technologies, Ltd.
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS,LTD.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS,LTD.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
International Classes:
H04N7/18; B60R1/00; B60R11/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2002230698A | ||||
| JP2003158736A | ||||
| JP11149108A | ||||
| JP2004096359A | ||||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshitake Hidetoshi
Takahiro Arita
Takahiro Arita